| Biggety:
bold, loud, outspoken -- He a ‘biggety’ man!
Buck up: hit, crash
-- My car ‘buck up’ to duh tree.
Chief: friendly way to address
someone -- Hey ‘Chief’ welcome to the Bahamas!
Cut Eye: look of hatred, contempt
- You have to be born Bahamian to give a proper ‘cut eye’!
- He cut his eye at dem; deh give him one big ‘cut eye’.
Duff: fruit-filled boiled dough.
- Favorite Bahamian dessert-Guava Duff-must be tasted to
believe! Delicious!!!
Erl:
oil -- Fry dem fish in duh erl! Put some ‘erl’ in your car!
Ferl:
foil -- Wrap dem fishes in duh ferl!
Gat:
got -- He gat plenty money!
Gatte: Have
to -- I gatte (e pronounced as double ee) go to duh beach.
Musse: Must
be -- He musse (e pronounced as double ee) cold- look how his teet
dem chatterin’!
Gone:
farewell -- Deh gone to duh hotel. I gone (goodbye).
Grabalishus:
greedy -- He grabalishus duh way he take all duh money!
Jam up: crowded,
full -- Dat room vas jam up!
Jook: poke,
stick -- He jook me in my leg!
Kerpunkle
up: drunk, intoxicated -- He kerpunkle right up!
Muddo: exclamation of
excitement -- Well, muddo, you see size a dat fish!!!
Sip sip:
gossip -- sip sip gat it dat her husband scheme (cheat) on huh!
Tief:
steal -- He tief all duh fish them from duh dock!
When you have the flu you might say something like this:
‘Muh bones achin’, I sneezin’, my ears dem ringin’,
dis cold killin’ me!’
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